KhamsahخمسهNiẓāmī Ganjavī 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203نظامئ گنجه وي1564.otaIlluminated manuscript, on paper, of Khamsa, by Niẓāmī Ganjavī.Contains five epic poems: Makhzān al-asrār (ff. 1b-25a), Khusraw va Shīrīn (ff. 26b-94a), Laylī va Majnūn (ff. 95b-145a), Haft Paykar (ff. 146b-203a), Iskandarnāmah (ff. 204b-325a), which consists of two parts: Sharafnāmah-i Iskandarī (ff. 204b-282a) and Iqbālnāmah (ff. 283b-325a). One leaf wanting at text openingIn Persian.Title from illuminated first page (f. 1a).According to colophon (f. 282a), Sharafnāmah-i Iskandarī was copied in H. 9 Ramadan 970/2 May 1563 AD.According to colophon (f. 325a), Iqbālnāmah was copied in H. 971/1564 AD.Romanization supplied by cataloger.Layout: 4 columns of 22 lines.Script: Ta‘līq.Decoration: Rubrication, headings rubricated in blue. Illustrations on ff. 1a, 25b-26a, 95a, 145b-146a, 203b-204a, 282b-283a.Binding: Blind tooled brown leather over paper pasteboards; leather doublures, blind-tooled, gold-painted with inlaid colored paper. Rebacked and repaired with bookcloth tape.